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After
attending O’Dea High School and Seattle University, Earl received his
legal education at the University of San Francisco and the University of
Washington where he received his law degree in 1965. He is admitted to
practice in all Washington State Courts, as well as the United States
District Court for the Western District of Washington, the 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
In addition to
over forty years of practice, Earl has recently completed training
in “Mediating the Litigated Case” offered by the Straus Institute
for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law. |
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Earl has
been practicing law in Mount Vernon, Washington, for over 40
years. His first position was as an associate with the firm of
Bannister, Bruhn and Luvera. After that experience, he worked as a
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, and was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for
Skagit County in 1969. In 1970, he was elected Skagit County’s first
full-time Prosecuting Attorney. He re-entered private practice in late
1974. |
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American Board of Trial Advocates
Skagit
County Bar Association - President, 1977-1978
Washington State Bar Association
Washington
State Trial Lawyers Association - Member: Board of Governors 1974
– 1975, 1979 – 1981; Vice President, 1982 – 1986
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Fulcrum Foundation - Board of Trustees 2002 to present.
Mount
Vernon Chamber of Commerce – Past Member, Board of Directors
Skagit
Valley Tulip Festival - President, 1991 – 1992
Skagit
Valley Symphony – President, 1990 – 1994
Past
Member and President of Parish Council, Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Mount Vernon, WA
Skagitonians
to Preserve Farmland – Board of Directors, 1995 – Present
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President’s
Award, Washington State Trial Lawyers - 1984
Member
of the Year, Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce - 1991
Small
Business Person of the Year, Service Corps of Retired Executives -
1991
Skagit
Valley Tulip Festival Executive Director’s Award - 1995
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